Mississippi State at Alabama

Saturday, October 26, 1957

Mississippi State beat Alabama 25–⁠13. It was their 42nd meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 27–⁠10–⁠3 in the games on file.

AwayMississippi State6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1957
25
HomeAlabama2–⁠7–⁠1 in 1957
13

FinalHigh 55°F, low 40°FAttendance 28,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Mississippi State Fouls Up Bomo's Homecoming, 1913

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 27, 1957, page 69

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    Mississippi State Fouls Up Bomo’s Homecoming, 1913 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. oct. “a B--Mississippi State shook OF the shock Of a first-minute Alabama touchdown and rolled up q 25–⁠13 victory today on q chill, windy and cherries Homecoming Day here. Bama’s Big Jim Loftin raced IS yards to bring the $4,000 fans up with q roar on the second play from scrimmage, but they had little TO yell about again until the final seconds. States Billy Stacy tied the count Z few minutes later with q pass. good for 81 yards. To End Charles weatherly. Another State score, In the second period. came on a al yard burst around end by Half back Gil Peterson. Two more were rushed across In the final period, one on Q plunge by

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Mississippi State 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Alabama leads 89–⁠17–⁠3 on the field, but two wins were vacated or forfeited.; as played, 87–⁠17–⁠3 in the 107 games on file; the official count covers all 109 meetings, counting the 67 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Alabama 56, Mississippi State 23
2023Alabama 40, Mississippi State 17
2022Alabama 30, Mississippi State 6
2021Alabama 49, Mississippi State 9
2020Alabama 41, Mississippi State 0
2019Alabama 38, Mississippi State 7

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